abounding

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /əˈbaʊn.dɪŋ/

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Adjective

abounding (comparative more abounding, superlative most abounding)

1. Ample, plenty, abundant.

   abounding food

   an abounding stream

Derived terms

• aboundingly
• aboundingness

 

Translations

ample, plenteous, plenty

• Bulgarian: обилен (bg) m (obilen), изобилен (bg) m (izobilen), излишен (bg) m (izlišen)
• Dutch: overvloedig (nl), zeer productief, uiterst rijk, gevaarlijk gezwollen (said of a stream)
• German: reichlich (de)
• Ido: abundanta (io)
• Latin: abundans, largus
• Russian: изоби́лующий (ru) m (izobílujuščij)
• Serbo-Croatian: obilan (sh), izobilan (sh), izdašan (sh)

Verb

abounding

1. present participle and gerund of abound

Noun

abounding (plural aboundings)

1. An abundance.
   • 1678, John Collinges, Several Discourses Concerning the Actual Providence of God:

     Sin in its own nature tendeth to nothing, but the ruine and eternal destruction of a Soul: it must be from the aboundings of grace, if any good come to the soul from sin […]